Pressure
Pressure
R | 20 February 2002 (USA)
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Two med students must struggle to survive after an unusual shooting incident catapults them into a world of trouble...

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Twilightfa

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

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Doomtomylo

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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Hadrina

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Orla Zuniga

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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gaflick57

This film is absolutely camp, but unfortunately that doesn't make it funny, merely sad.It might have been possible to take the story line and produce a film with some credibility; however, at every odd twist and turn of the plot, the actors betray their characters in a most unconvincing manner. It's like they fell from outer space into the movie frame not knowing the kind of analytical and reasoning skills required to be even a rotten med school student. And that's just one example.There's very little dynamic tension (or should I say "pressure"), so that one often sees right through the action into the reality of the movie set. It's like watching a high school film project made on a single afternoon in the back yard, where the kids are trying to "act." On the technical side of things, location scouting, scenic design, cinematography, and editing actually are OK.I understand that Pressure was short on a tiny budget and in only a couple of weeks, but that doesn't excuse the lack of directorial insight and skill underlying the whole project.

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movieman_kev

Steve and Patrick, two med students on their way home from a little vacation, stop at a rundown bar just for one drink. While Patrick is having fun trying to make time with the cheerleaders, perhaps I neglected to mention there was a.cheer convention in town, but I digress, while he's there, poor Steve gets talked into escorting a local woman out into the parking lot where he's promptly mugged and under circumstances not under his control finds himself on the run from the law.It took me awhile to actually watch this movie, it's been in my Instant Netflix queue seemingly forever, and it's a shame that I didn't remedy that sooner, as I found this to be a pretty well-acted solid enough thriller. Some of the characters felt one-dimensional and the ending felt a tad rushed but a good little flick none the less. My Grade: B

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Jason Pritchett

kerr smith is awesome in the action/thriller movie.I have never seen kerr smith play a character like this, and he does it so well. this is one of the best movies I have seen in years. I would totally recommend it. if you see this movie you will not regret it. if you like action/thrillers you will love this. on the cover of the movie it says trapped-convicted-innocent(something lik that) and that what cought my attention right from the start. I wouldn't mind watching this movie over and over again. this movie is about a bad cop that shots himself in the balls and blames it one an innocent human and of course everybody believes the cop so then steve (kerr smith) is on the run for his life.Steven pritchett.

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dromasca

Students-on-the-road-getting-in-trouble seems to be one of the themes of the year. At first sight, this movie does not look very differently from the other action or horror flicks I saw recently. However, it has a quality and coherence that is not usual for movies in its class. Without any known name in the cast, with a low budget and according to some of the critics in only 19 days, director Richard Gale succeeded to make a very decent movie. His hand is sure, his cut is professional, and the movie might have been low-cost for the producers, but never looks cheap. I also think that something deeper about the American gun culture is trespassing the screen. I expect nice surprises from this director in the future. 7/10 on my personal scale.

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